The ceremonial funeral of the victims of the revolution
The Funeral Commission at the Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies was established in March. Among the objectives of this commission was taking an account of individuals who were wounded or killed in the days of the February Revolution of 1917, providing a financial aid to the families of the deceased, and the organization of the funeral of the victims of the revolution. The Commission operated until September 1917. The largest work of the commission was the organization of a ritual of funeral of the victims of the revolution on March 23 (April 5) on the Field of Mars (Marsovo Pole) in St. Petersburg.
Archival materials of the Funeral Commission are included, as well as the postcards and the fragments of newsreels capturing ceremonial funeral on the Field of Mars.
Lists of victims of the revolution buried in a mass grave
Lists of victims of the revolution buried in a mass grave.
Correspondence with the local councils of workers' deputies and individual institutions about the funeral of the victims of the revolution on the Champ de Mars, rendering assistance to the wounded and establishing a monument on mass graves, copies of certificates issued to commission officers and persons seconded to attend funerals
Correspondence with local councils of workers' deputies and individual institutions about the funeral of the victims of the revolution on the Champ de Mars, rendering assistance to the wounded and establishing a monument on mass graves, copies of certificates issued to the commission's officers and persons seconded for participation in funerals.
Information of hospitals, hospitals, infirmaries and barracks about the wounded and killed in the days of the February Revolution
Information of hospitals, hospitals, infirmaries and barracks about the wounded and killed in the days of the February Revolution.
Information sent to the commission by individual institutions and individuals about the fallen in the days of the February Revolution and correspondence with them on this issue
Information sent to the commission by individual institutions and individuals about the fallen in the days of the February Revolution and correspondence with them on this issue.
Medical evidence of the death of individuals wounded in the days of the February Revolution
Medical evidence of the death of individuals wounded in the days of the February Revolution.
Letters from individuals to the Commission on the search for relatives and with a request to include in the list of deaths in the days of the February Revolution their relatives
Letters from individuals to the Commission on the search for relatives and asking them to include their relatives in the list of those killed in the days of the February Revolution.
Statements of individuals requesting the funeral of relatives killed in the days of the February Revolution and the organization of their children in shelters
Applications of individuals requesting the funeral of relatives killed in the days of the February Revolution and the organization of their children in shelters.
Statements of relatives of people who suffered during the revolution, about granting them benefits
Statement of relatives of persons who suffered during the days of the revolution, about granting them benefits.
Lists of relatives of persons killed in the days of the February Revolution, receiving benefits
Lists of relatives of persons killed in the days of the February Revolution receiving benefits.